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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Not Without my Daughter - Book Review

On recommendation by my dear friend, I picked this
non-fiction book "Not without my daughter". The story was gripping,
fascinating sending chills down my spine throughout. I ravenously completed
reading in 2 days. I imagined myself in the situation and wondered if I ever
have courage to pass such treacherous circumstances. It's unfathomable how
Betty (lead of the story), an American woman in a country like Iran managed to
escape to Turkey in ice and cold. Despite awfulness around she did it three
decades ago sans understanding the language, money and contacts.

Will we women be able to endure that agony, melancholy yet
have strength to oppose highly dominated patriarchal society? To vehemently
curtail the violence. To blatantly
protest for our rights and freedom. My fellow sisters out there facing
obnoxious situations, do not ask me how much time and pain will it take to fix
up? Well, I don't have an answer. Days, months, years or decades. Keep faith
and do not succumb to the situation. One line that kept repeating often in the
book is "Where there is a will, there is a way" and that kept Betty
moving, motivated.

I strongly recommend this book to any girl in need of high
dose of motivation.

P.S. I picked up few Farsi words that I shall be using in my
future conversations and keep people perplexed.